One day later, uncovering the garden

Another crostada staging. . . I won't give up.

Even after a day of chopping up trees, time to make the porcini-pancetta sauce for gifts.

Here's the backyard almost one day later--and ten hours of cleanup (love those power tools!)

backyard

Here's why I didn't do much baking today. That's my garden buried beneath the trees :0(

Crostada anyone?

So, here's the crostada. I decided to mix up some different fruit. It needs to be on a rack, or at least somewhere prettier. I'm still working on my staging ;0).

Chcken cake, 5 swear

This is an interesting idea--chicken cake. It looks like an earthquake, but I haven't yet added the sauce. I'm sure it'll be much prettier, then . I also made some mini-chicken muffin appetizers (yes, I know it sounds really bad but tastes really good). Really

Lemon Ricotta Cookies

These cookies are amazingly rich and moist with lemon zest and juice, ricotta etc. The glaze is terrific, but they are also good by themselves.

Lots of mac and cheese tonight!

What's for dinner, Part 1

Today I am starting my first food-related blog. Hopefully, I will be able to capture a tiny bit of what I have been cooking (in the time I should be doing other things). These dishes were all done today. The pix are of chocolate chip pie, chocolate mini muffins, mini ham, green onion, herb and parmesan frittatas, and mediterranean tart (olives, spinach, sun dried tomatoes, onions, herbs, green pepper, etc). No time to add the last one of the gourmet mac and cheese--maybe tomorrow.

Thanks for watching!